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[Frank] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio.
Modelling, fashion and film have all encouraged me to learn more about issues and to feel empowered enough to do something about them.
It's all movies for me. And besides, when you say documentaries, in my case, in most of these cases, means "feature film" in disguise.
I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks
In reality, I'm very restless, and I get bored very easily. It's the same with my career: I need to outperform myself with every film.
I like L.A., but I think whats changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species.
Writing is fantasizing about what your film will be like. Shooting is reality. And the post-production is recovering the idea you had.
[Televised stand-up] never really makes me laugh. The only one I ever saw that I liked was Richard Pryor, and that was [shot on] film.
My mom and dad used to tell me, 'You've got to see this film,' and they were influential to a high degree of the films I saw as a kid.
I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.
'Twilight' is a phenomenon. And I'm so happy it's all captured on film. It's going to be something I'll always look back on, for sure.
I can multitask very well. But I know exactly when to block off anything coming in from the outside and just stay focused on the film.
I don't attend film parties; I am anti-social. I don't drink, also. Because I don't go out, I don't know what's happening gossip-wise.
People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.
I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.
I was still making movies so it wasn't as if I were working in a bar, but they were independent films that couldn't find distributors.
When I really love a movie, I don't want to spoil it by too frequent visits. But I like to come back to certain films, which I admire.
Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect.
I've always been drawn to people who dance to the beat of a different drum; it didn't matter if they were in film or music or fashion.
Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.
I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life.
That comes from most people having an American film model in their heads which is nothing but a total illusionary masturbatory massage.
Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert
I feel I am blessed. So many actresses went without doing a period film in their career, and I got a chance to do one in my first film.
Often with film, I find that you're just really getting to know a person. They're just starting to sink in, and then you wrap the film.
I am concerned that a film without an large advertising [budget] can not establish a connection with contemporary audiences, of course.
Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.
One of the great things about film is that, typically anything that's introduced in the first five minutes, the audiences will by into.
A woman in Mexico wanted me to heal her. But I can't heal anybody. I just put my hand on her and said, 'Thank you for seeing the film.'
Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.
There's an abundance of exposure when you start working in American films. Inevitably you become a brand and that has to be controlled.
As a filmmaker, I've had films that over-achieved and I've had films that under-achieved. You always go in trying to do your very best.
I carry a disposable camera. It takes me back to my childhood, when you had to develop your film and wait to see what pictures you got.
I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.
When you are making the one you are doing, you think it is the greatest film going. And then you do another one and it is a great film.
The truth is most of the films that make a lot of money no one remembers, and I'm not interested in making films that no one remembers.
They say that theater is the actor's medium, television is the writer's medium and film is the director's medium, and it's really true.
We just constantly worked on second Saw film, it's not an Academy award level film, but we worked as hard we could to make it plausible.
Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.
I work very fast and steadily, and I don't hardly ever notice that I'm working. It feels like just breathing or walking when I do films.
I like to do a lot of research on all of the films I work on. So, I like to read a lot. That's always an interesting part of it with me.
You can be good in a good movie, you can be good in a bad movie, you can be bad in a bad movie, but never, ever, be bad in a good movie.
I used to be a huge fan. "The Simpsons" taught me a lot about filmmaking. It imitates film, but it's drawn, so everything is super clear
As for me I may not have relatives in the film industry. But I grew up in Mumbai as an avid moviegoer. So I don't feel like an outsider.
I was born in Beijing and raised in England and America. I studied political science in college and film in graduate school in New York.
Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love.
That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot.
Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are just a gun for hire.
Since childhood, I have been watching the Filmfare Awards, and it has always been very special to anyone who works in the film industry.
That's the imagination that happens in the theater. That imagination is translated in film by the film magicians and all the technology.